State Rep. Barbara Sims said she’ll end her political career next year to spend more time with family but is satisfied to leave a legacy that includes advancing transportation, school choice and the needs of Georgia Regents University during a decade in the Georgia House.

Sims, who succeeded Sue Burmeister in the House in January 2007 after serving two years on the Augusta Commission, said she’d already made plans to step down when two contenders – former Mayor Bob Young and attorney Wright McLeod – announced intentions to seek the seat earlier this week.